Aiming device for firearms.



PATENTBD MAR. 31, 1908.

0. WILLIAMS. AIMING DEVI-OE FOR FIREARMS.

Arruoumn FILED we. 12, 1907,.

- [iv/Q2 for M'fnesses UNITED r itrENT OFFICE.

CHRISTIAN WILLIAMS. OF WITTENBERG, WISPONSIN.

- AIMING DEVICE FOR FIREARMS.

WVittenberg, in the county of Shawano and State of Wisconsin, haveinvented new and useful Improvements in Aiming Devices for i Firearms,of which the following is a specifiarms, particularly for long distancerange. and it is designed especially for use in 'military service and byhunters.

. The invention contemplates the 'adapta" tion of a field glass providedcentrally with a telescopic sighting tube whereby the fire arm can bereadily and easily sighted on objects at a considerable distance.

In the accompanying drawings illustrating one embodiment of theinvention Figure 1 shows the invention applied to a rifle, the

- aiming device and a ortion of the rifle being on the line 2+2 of Fig.1.

ig.'2 is a sectional view Fig.3 is a detail enlar ed sectional view ofthe telescopic tube.

Re erring to the drawings in which like numerals of reference designatecorresponding' parts in the several figures, 4 is the fire arm which maybe provided-with abreech sight Sand also with a fore sight (not shown).A standard 6 is slidabl arranged in a socket piece 7 fitted within thestock 4 of the fire arm and this standard is preferably provided with abase 6'. The standard is secured in adjusted position on the stock'ofthe fire arm by a thumb screw 8 which is screw threaded shown insection.

in the socket pieceand bears against one side field glass, an almingtube within the field of the standard. a

The field glass comprises a barrel 9 and a relatively movable member 10,said member being telescopically adjusted in the barrel 9 by anadjusting screw device 11 of the usual or any other suitableconstruction. A divided sleeve 12 havin lips 12 is secured on the barrel9 and to t e standard 6 by means of a screw bolt 13 which passes throughthe li s 12 and the standard 6 and carries a thum nut 13- (Fig. 2).Lenses 14 and 15 are suitably secured in the barrel 9 and member 10,respcctively, and I may also rovide the member 10 with an additiona lens16 located adj ahent to the lens 15. An eye protector 17 of suitablesize and shape is provided on th movable member 10.

A tube 18 consisting of two telesco ic sections 18, 18 is locatedcentrally wit in the Specification of'Letters Patent. Application filed.August 12. 1907. Serial No. 388.263.

Patented March 31, 1908.

' barrel or fixed member and the movable member. The lens 14 is providedwith a 1 central opening in which the forward end of the tube section 18is secured and the lens 15 is sin'iilarly provided with an opening inwhich the rear end ofthe tube 18 is secured. 1f the lens 16 is used itwill be provided with a central opening to receive the tube section Thetube 18 secured in the 1 18", as shown.

! lenses by cement or other suitable means.

i The device is simple in construction and easy to operate. 1 prefertomake the tube 5 of aluminium colored black inside and out i and theexposed parts of the device should be nickel-plated or made of rubber toavoid rusting. The device can be easily set by first loosening the nut13 and the thumb screw 8 to permit of the proper adjustment, after whichthe nut and screw are tightened to secure the device rigidly in place.The glass can be properly focused on the object by 0 crating theadjusting device 11 in the usua manner. When the glass is properlyadjusted the object aimed at will-be seen through the telescopic tubesuperposed on the magnified image of the objeet seen through the fieldglass.

The field glass is larger than an ordinary telescope and therefore itcan be used in the ordinary manner although the telescopic tube iscentrally located therein. I have shown.

What I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patentis:

1. The combination with a fire arm, of a glass and having its endslocated centrally of the lenses in the field glass, and means forsupporting the field glass on the fire arm.

2. The combination with a fire arm, of a ralit of telescopic sectionslocated-within the eld glass, and means for supporting the field glasson the fire arm.

3. The combination with a firearm, of a found it convenient to locatethe standard at the pistol grip of the stock of the fire arm, as

field glass, a telescopic aiming tube located field glass, anaiming tubecomprising a plurality of telescoping sections, one section be-- ingrigid with the fixed member and the t 1e [movable member, a

comprising a plurality of telescopic sections,

. one section having its outer end supported in the lens of the fixedmember and the other section having its outer end supported in the lensof the movable member, means for adjustin the movablemember of the fieldglass with t e tube section therein relatively to the fixed member ofthe field glass and the a pistol grip,-of a socket piece in the fire armtube section therein, andmeans for supporting the field glass on thefire arm. n

6. The combination with a fire arm having at the pistol grip, a standardadjustable in said socket piece, a field glass mounted on the ns in eachmember, an aiming tube located within the field glass and standard andcomprising a fixed member and a movable member, and a sectional aimmtube within the field glass, one section of sai tube being adj ustablewith the movable member of the field glass and relatively 'to the othersection of the aiming tube and the fixed member of the field glass.

7. The combination with a fire. arm, of a standard adjustably mountedthereon, a field glass, a telescopicaiming tube within the field glass,a divided sleeve surroundin the field glass and provided with lips, anmeans passing through. the lips and the stand ard for securing thesleeve and the field glass on the standard.

8. The combination with a fire arm, of a standard adjustably mountedthereon, a field glass mounted on the standard and compris:

mg a barrel and an adjustable member,

lenses in the barrel and adjustable member and provided with centralopenings, and a telescopic aiming tube arranged within said barrel andmember and secured at its outer ends in the openings in said lenses.

' CHRIST. WILLIAMS.

Witnesses:

E; J. Bos'r, R. B. GLAU'BiTZ.

